Community Arts

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,000

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Bells of the Lakes, Inc.

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

April 2014

End Date

January 2015

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Anoka

Project Overview

Community Arts

Project Details

Funding for a series of four concerts designed to introduce communities to the new musical art of handbells. Concerts will take place at four different metro area venues between April 2014 and January 2015.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Julie Andersen: Executive Director, Eagan Art House; Jill Anfang: Program Director, Roseville Parks and Recreation; Bethany Brunsell: Music Teacher and Performer; Kathy Busch: Realtor and Shakopee School Board Member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Paul Creager: Saint Paul Public Schools Administrator, Square Lake Film Festival Director; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Executive Director; Mary Erickson: Eastern Carver County Schools Community Education; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake Savage Community Education; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation; Margaret Rog: Consultant and Grant Writer; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Rachel Smoka: Children's Theatre Company Development Officer; Beth Starbuck: Vocal Performer; Dameun Strange: Composer and Performer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Laura Tahja Johnson: General Management, Organizational Planning, Audience Development; Pat Teiken: General Management, Organizational Development, Fundraising; Dawn Ridgway: General Management, Audience Development, Artistic; Linda Dorn: Artistic; Jeanne Schwartz: Organizational Development, General Management, Community Education; Hayley Johnson: Audience Development, Fundraising, General Management; Peter Stein: Artistic, Organizational Development, General Management; Nicholas Ellison: Education, Artistic; Justin Merritt: Education.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2014 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$5,000

Other Funds Leveraged

$2,010

Direct expenses

$7,010

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Proposed measurable outcomes include: an average of 125 people or more in attendance per concert in the series. As well as, audience surveys showing that over 50% of respondents have never experience handbells in a concert setting combined with visual multi-media presentation enhancing the musical performance.Attendance outcomes will be evaluated by audience/participant counts for each concert. Musical/handbell exposure outcomes will be evaluated by a voluntary audience survey.

Measurable Outcome(s)

We exceeded the original proposed outcomes by a large quantity. A concert in this series had an average of 179 people in attendance (our original estimate was 125 people per concert), and over 50% of audience members had not experienced a handbell concert with visual components. Size ranged from 80-310 audience members - the one low attendance is believed to be cause of a severe storm that day.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Jennifer Cadwell, Kathy Woods, Nathan Burrows, Krista Riedel, Amanda Allen, William H Mathis

Project Manager

Nathan

Burrows

Bells of the Lakes, Inc.

PO Box 3907

Minneapolis

55403